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TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis

  • June 12, 2018
  • Tagged as: caspase, dysentery, Entamoeba histolytica, IL-1beta, inflammasome, Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, microbiome, neutrophil, parasite, parasitism, sand fly

Vincent and Daniel solve the case of the Panamanian Farmer with Three Weeks of Diarrhea, and discuss how microbes egested during bites of sand flies exacerbate the severity of leishmaniasis.

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TWiP 137: An aberrant encounter

  • August 12, 2017
  • Tagged as: cutaneous leishmaniasis, cysticercosis, dysbiosis, inflammation, leishmania, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, pork tapeworm, Taenia solium
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The TWiPtoids solve the case of the Man from India with a Neck Lump, and explore the role of a transmissible dysbiotic skin microbiome in inflammation during cutaneous leishmaniasis.

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TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees

  • November 22, 2014
  • Tagged as: bacteria, infection, leishmania, Malaysia, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium knowlesi, sandfly

Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection.

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